HR 4873 114th Congress House

TUITION Act

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education to describe how it spends tuition and fees.

Introduced: March 23, 2016 See on congress.gov

Education Education programs fundingGovernment information and archivesHigher educationStudent aid and college costs

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Sep 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Mar 23, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Mar 23, 2016

Introduced in House

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Latest action September 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tuition Use Information Transparently Identified Online Act or the TUITION Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand disclosure requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs.

Specifically, it requires an IHE to publish annually on its website for students and parents: (1) the total revenue it generated from tuition and fees, disaggregated by the proportion of such revenue it applied to any type of institutional expense (e.g., faculty salaries); and (2) a description of each such expense.

This requirement takes effect in academic year 2016-2017.

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